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DigiA SEAT IN THE STALUS, ?
SIX BIG NEW FILMS FROM BRITISH STUDIOS
First of the six important films from Denham and Pinewood shortly duo. for London presentation is Edward Dmytryk's "Give Us This Day."
Describing the trials of an Italian family in New York, and adapted from the story "Christ in Concreto" by Pietro di Donato, it stars Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani and Kathleen Ryan. Bonar Colleano and Charles Goldner havo end-- ing parts.
bleed bys und Geiger and N. A. Bronsten, "Give Us This Day" opened in London on
October 27.
"The Rocking Horse Winner,"
A John Mills production for Two Cities, also opens anon. The stars
Valerie
John Hobson, Howard Davies, Ronald Squire and John Mills.
are
Director Anthony Pelesirr has written the screenplay from the D. H. Lawrence short story about a boy who dreamed of race-horse winorts while riding
in rocking-horse.
IT'S EASIER TO MAKE MOVIES Says Jeanne Crain
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Making movies រ៉ន · [breeze, says Jeanne Crain, compared to tough jobs like. cleaning house and taking care of children.
When people ask her about her most difficult' role, sho tells them it's being a housewife.
"Nothing's harder than trying to run a homo and look after amall children at the samo time." she said, winning 40,000,- |000-housewife fans immediately-
"I come to the studio to relax."
And that goes even for pictures like Darryl F, Zanuck's "Pmky" at "200" "CANTLY-FOX, ii which she plays in all but four of the 242 scenes. perlig go home feeling-so-fresh,”
she said, "that sometimes pitch in and do ironing after I've put the youngsters to bed."
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The youngsters are Paul, two, and Michael, three months. They keep her busy that at the end of a day at home, she facts as if the "had run the 100-
Hester Grahame (Valerio Hobson) puts her son Pauryard dash about 50 Umes." (John Howard Davies) to bed In a scene from Two The film in Cities' "The Rocking Horse Winner." adapted from the short story by D. H. Lawrence about the boy who always picked the winning horse.
Also awaiting London presen- tation is "Boys In Brown," the flm about young delinquents, which stars Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Jimmy "artful dodger" and "Made- play Peter Pan on the London Hanley and Dirk Bogarde.
First of the new Pinewood films to be seen will be the May- flower production, "The Spider Starring Eric and the Fly Portman, Nadia Gray and Guy Rolfe, it is based on a true story from the
the Paris archives of Surete.
Just completed at Pinewood "Madeleine and "The A-
tonished feart." Directed by
David Lean.
"Madeleine" stara Aun Todd as Madeleine Smith, the Glasgow girl who was tried for the murder of her lover in the last century. "The Astonish- ed Heart" 13 Noel Coward's His first im for seven years.
Cella Johnson and co-stars are Margaret Leighton.
leine."
Top Dollar-Earnor
"The Blue Lagoon" looks like becoming another top dollar- caruer in the United States.
Its recent run at Keith's Theatre, Washington, D. C., broke all house records for the last six months.
stage this winter.
"I don't want to hire servants to take care of them," she add ed. "I want to give Michae} his batha myself and tell Paul
his bedtime stories. I don't wont to be a mother by remote control"
About four hours of mother- hood-in-person, Miss Crain
Looking For Winter estimates, equals a 12-hour day
back
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*There's always time to rest Bus In February! No that 32 years old Dan Chaffey, between scenes, and of course
making the from
scenes Just
themselves don't effort," take much
she said. Children's Entertainment Films
"But by the time you've In Austria, doesn't believe
from the kitchen to the living In addition, it has received the the seasons any more.
The films were made in
room and to the bedroom 42 Award of the Southern California country, using frozen currency:
Л 1fke tired times, you feci Council Inc. and. Motion Picture
according to Chaffey,
postman," อน once seemed as if that was the earning the comment, "..
rest She's getting so much enchantingly lovely picture with
Robinson Crusoe theme, done only thing that was frozen!
working on "Pinky," she added, to went
sho'li In February, he with fairyke beauty and de- Heate touch
photography Carinthia to make winter scenes that when the finishes
but feel as if she's had a two-months and lighting are like pure magle fur "The Lone Climber,"
and fast-melting vacation. blazing sun in their results".
The Council have also given snow drove his unit higher and
Of course, she'd hate to have they were over their Award to "Quartet," the higher until
think she's 20th Century-Fox Gross
Glockner, Somerset Maugham four-in-one 3,000 feet up
relaxing on company time. Alin which is another British Austria's highest mountain. record-breaker in the U. 3.
Two months later, he
"I might get a pay cut," she to Klagenfurt to inake "The shuddered. "I ought to pretend Mysterious Poacher," but this that making movies is at least time The bitter weather
keeping house~~ | Scenes of unusual activity at deep drifts made filming dirriost as hard
The heaviest snow maybe a little harder."-United and he will direct the produc- Scotland Yard, Britain's polico impossible. tions himself. A young cabaret headquarters, cently were the they experienced came in July! Press, artiste, Ian Dallas, will be the result of location work on the. new Ealing flim, "The Blue producer.
Lamp."
More Wicked Than "NAKED CITY"}] "Artful Dodger" Newley
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Director At 17
Seventeen-years-old
main ambition is eventually become a feature film directer
Tory has formed his own Alm company, 11is "Progressivo Photo Plays".
to
Police At Work
Apart from a professional
First British feature film to photographer, most of the men- cers of Tony's company are present the Metropolitan Police Force in. n semi-documentary amateur actors and young
"The Blue Lamp nctresses looking for a chance to manner,
Information the busy It shows make good on the screen. their first effort, which will be Room of Scotland Yard, with fimed out of doors from an policemen playing themselves in original script written by one of front of the cameras. the unit, is a success, they hope persuade someone to Win- tribute their productions as short feature flims,
to
The scenes show the police in contact with their cars in various parts of London. A large table map. covered with counters, de- Tony recently Anished roles notes the position of cats, and In "Golden Salamander," in rings round the counters indi- which he plays a sort of Arab
WEEK-END SCREEN FARE
The Other Love (QUEEN'S) Ja adapted from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. It deals with the collapse of a concert pinnist (Barbaro Stanwyck, with Anla Dorfman #t the plano) and the two men in her life, David Niven, a doctor in lové
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PHENOMENON Modern Age" has reached
the end Quite often, at
plelure, of a "Modern Ago" and passed the 24th of its
-Why this monthly issues which there is applause. seems the ocension to lock happens, nobody quite know!. Perhaps it a recognition of a All round the room, policemen back over two years' work film well made but then fea- ture films are also frequently sit at telephones receiving dri- vers' messages and the counters and look forward to even well made and receive no ap
the plause;
it is a hand in- perhaps are moved to indicate new posl-greater
stinctively given and women
tions of cars. Another constable
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microphone transmitting future.
instructions.
During shooting, work was in- terrupted to allow
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been Though, across the Atlantic, seen nt come arduous job; per- authentic "The March of Time" does not baps it is the reaction of adult minds to an adult film; perhaps police messages to go through, yet describe itself as the Ameri- it is latent patriotism, an ex- but Ealing had taken Scotland
pression of pride in some Bri- What- accomplishment, Yard's advice to film on Sunday
or when crime is today a world-wide cinemagoing th
is popular- ever the reason, applause (save public for what
that for a popular figure in a ly, but mistakenly, regarded as newsreel) is a phenomenon in
British counterpart of the cinema, Gets Good Girl Role
Mistakenly, But it is also a tribute to the "March of Time," Screen "bad girl" Diana Dors because "This Modern Age" is emotional qualities sportsman she loves. The music has her first ever "good girl" based not so much on film tra- Modern Age" pictures, which aim
new play, is high grade and there is a fine role in "Lisette", a
tertain and, above all, to mako supporting cast that includes with music, written by Douglasditions ns on the traditions of not only to instruct but to en-
the finest tar
stimulating People think Joan Lorring, Gilbert Roland, Sergeant. Her leading man is the journalism and Maria Falmer, Lenore Aubert celebrated Trench actor, Marcel type of objective British four and not invariably a disagree- and Natalie Schafer,
Le Bon, who has been seen in
nalism at that. Its appeal is to able experience.
No doubt the Scots had a ruvue in Londen
TMA's pub-
reason for being Night unto Night (LEE) stars
"Lisette", is having a short the adult mind. Ronald Reagon
and Viveca provincial tour before coming to le has become worldwide for peculiar Lindfors, the Bwedish star last London's West End.
the simple reason that each of stimulated by "The Future of by "Thoroughbreds for the seen here in that excellent Dim,
this its issues is now translated into Scotland," as horse-lovers were of the Having World." But, because To the Victor." Reagan plays
languages,
this vast lively cutting of "This Modern a chemist who arrives in Flori- opportunity. "I have wanted to sorn 23
eye of la for some quiet and finds a play a "good girl" for a long caught the
rightness of the commentary mysterious beauty and tropical time. There are a lot of people cosmopolitan public, it was as Age" pictures and the forth- the whole vivid presentation of Warner Brothers who don't think I can and I want
tho subject there WOD are quite adept at getting the
to prove that I can act any kind well to catch their cars too of role" she says. "I thinis
stimulation in such unlikely most out of Florida and an in
"Lisette" will give me just the
soll Are" toples as
erosion ("The "Coal films in town, but this isn't a chance I want".
and "Development und one.
Diana will be well established came to the screens two years Rape of the Earth") another in her "good girl" part when ago the Intention was that it Crisis, T-Men (ROXY) is picture mainly for the Ameri-London audiences will be seeing would offer, month by month.
NEW AWARENESS can market. in a long series do- her in her most adventurous an Impartial, factual review of signed to convince Americe that "bad girl" role in "Diamond some national, or international, the first
British problem or achievement.
There is stimulation again In there is as much romance
to City,"
pleasantly controversial G-Men, FBI agents and, such as "Western", set in South Africa the facts for yourselves",
the start of the diamond says. Month by month that in- such
been made good, films as "The British-are they tention has HELD OVER!! 4 SHOWS TO-DAY to staging a hold-up and being at
well, written-up by, police remaining boom.
though not without occasional Artistic?" and "Women in our
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disadvantages in accurate, un-ness of Britain's interests and commitmento overscas failed to The Ealing Production, "Kind blased reporting, In a po Inspire in such films as "Pales Aretio
Manbant (KINGB), Hearts and Coroneta", has won war world of fear and suspicion Line" "Challenge in Nigeria," which opens its run on Sunday, the award for the best art direc there are, more curtains than tine,"
1.3 This is about a fugitive from the tion at the Venice Film Festival the iron
one and, Austrian-born William Kellner Modern Age" has found, hostl law-a man who had embezzled his firm, served a prison term is the art directer responsible, lity to a free press can be ex- for the offence and, on boing He was originally an architect, tended to a free screen. Thus, moment "This released, gees to collect the loot taking his degree in Vientin while discerning critics of the camera units are in
its im- Pakistan, Holland and Hong he had salted away only to be After working In Berlin
and Palestine film praised
One has just returned somo kong trailed relentlessly by insurance Paris he came to London and partiality, it displeased
from the groundnut areas flem agents who fellow his trail joined the film industry in 1942, Jaws and some Arabs.
Tanganyika, another from the through North Alaska The His first film was "The Man in
in- oilfolds of the Middle East, and moral for the audience is that Grey."
Were there over such
from: the
colton stances of shying away from yet another Next
the truth, This Modern Age mills of homely, Lancashire.!! would be worried and would
Very soon units will be set-Also Next film for Margaret Lock with facts, you cannot hope to for the Scandinavian countries
bo suspect. If your business
ting out for Wales and Japan, wood may be Vanity Fair picase all the people all, the and fealand Whoover sald of The most recent version was
time. But without dropping this Modern Age that The made 14 years ago.
Following in the footsteps of my principles, you can please world is its studio was on the many other celebrated age most of the people all the time mark and screen stars, Margaret la to and This Modern Ago's has
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